PEOPLE
New chair for BASF
Dr Markus Kamieth will take over as chairman of the board of executive directors of BASF at the end of the annual shareholders ’ meeting on 25 April , succeeding Dr Martin Brudermüller after six years in the role . Also joining the board are Anup Kothari and Dr Katja Scharpwinke , respectively presidents of the Nutrition & Health division and the EMEA region .
Change at DCAT
Carol Lee became DCAT ’ s new executive director in November 2023 after Margaret Timony retired . Formerly assistant vice president at Merrill Lynch , Lee had joined DCAT in January 2022 and served as its managing director .
Circa names CEO
Bertel Karlstedt has joined Norway ’ s Circa Group as CEO , coming from Valmet Technologies , a Finnish technology company that is Circa ’ s industrial partner for Furacell technology and the ReSolute project . He has over 35 years of experience in industry and had previously been CEO of mining firm Nordkalk and of Metso Paper .
Kemira picks Salminen
Antti Salminen , who has been successively president of the Industry & Water and Pulp & Paper segments , will take over as president and CEO of Kemira as of 12 February . Petri Castrén , who has served as interim president and CEO since the sudden death of Jari Rosendal , remains as CFO .
Two join EuroAPI
EuroAPI has appointed David Seignolle ( pictured ) as COO , succeeding Eric Berger , and Marion Santin as chief legal , compliance and IP officer . Seignolle , hitherto expert partner in the Healthcare practice at Bain & Company , will lead the transformation of the Industrial Operations organisation and actively oversee the industrial execution of the strategic review announced in October 2023 .
Swan names COO
UK firm Thomas Swan has appointed Marek Pawlak as its new COO , with full responsibility for all operational activities , including production , supply chain and logistics , engineering and QHSE . Pawlak has 27 years of experience in the chemicals industry , including ten as site managing director for Venator Materials at Hartlepool .
Alzchem names Lösler
German speciality chemicals supplier Alzchem has appointed Andreas Lösler as its new CFO with an initial contract running until 31 December 2026 . Lösler had been working in an advisory capacity for the firm since 2012 and became interim head of controlling and accounting in 2022 .
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